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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0700enhourly1Keeping it Kosher - Five local rabbis pick Portland’s best bagel.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20513-keeping_it_kosher_five_local_rabbis_pick_portlands_best_bagel.html
Five out of five rabbis agree: Portland is still suffering
from the closure of Kettleman Bagel Company. Despite the efforts of
many who have stepped up to fill the bagel-shaped void, nothing has b]]>U-Lock or You Walk - Some surprising bike-theft facts from cops and bike shops.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20473-u_lock_or_you_walk_some_surprising_bike_theft_facts_from_cops_and_bike_shops.html
Brian Leber watched an imposing figure roll into Bike
Gallery with a road bike that had been sprayed black with truck
bed-liner paint.
“I knew right away it was our bike,” he says.
A $2,00]]>Urban Winery Tour - Our guide to getting mashed in your own neighborhood.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21416-urban_winery_tour_our_guide_to_getting_mashed_in_your_own_neighborhood.html
Everything you need to know about your local wineries, including hours, directions and drink picks.1. Boedecker Cellars
2621 NW 30th Ave., 224-5778, boedeckercellars.com.
It’s not ca]]>Pickin’ Apples - A massive blind taste test of Portland-area apple ciders.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20600-pickin_apples_a_massive_blind_taste_test_of_portland_area_apple_ciders.html
Like the national census or U2’s popularity, a cider boom
recurs about once a decade. We’re nearing the crest of a wave right now,
according to Wandering Aengus co-owner James Kohn.
“The n]]>Pot Meet Kettle - Cannabis is better for smoking than eating.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20274-pot_meet_kettle_cannabis_is_better_for_smoking_than_eating.html
Toasted, rolled, burnt and baked—can one
exist solely off cannabis? Hemp advocates trumpet the many great
qualities of this “wonder crop,” which has been cultivated since the
dawn of civil]]>Chez Dodo - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20544-chez_dodo_.html
You don’t have to know where Mauritius (moh-RISH-us) is to
delight in cilantro chutney-embellished vegetarian samosas ($5) at Chez
Dodo. Once you pinpoint the tiny island nation in the Indian Oc]]>Yoga Issue 2014: Know Your Yoga - A guide to navigating five different types of Portland yoga studios.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22136-yoga_issue_2014_know_your_yoga_a_guide_to_navigating_five_different_types_of_portland_yoga_studios.html
Kick Your Asana
How to spot it: You
arrive in a lobby with all the charm of a Starbucks location and need a
scan card to get into class. Two or three simple class types, like
“slow” or “f]]>Drank: Chocolate Orange Wine (Shallon Winery) - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20249-drank_chocolate_orange_wine_%28shallon_winery%29_.html
Chocolate orange wine from Astoria’s
Shallon Winery is all about love. Octogenarian winemaker Paul van der
Veldt opened his doors in 1980 and has single-handedly run the operation
since. Van d]]>Pride and Prejudice and Kitties - I can haz crumpetz? http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20488-pride_and_prejudice_and_kitties_i_can_haz_crumpetz.html
As if cat memes haven’t vociferously
enough taken over the interwebbed world, they’re digging their claws
into classic literature. Pride and Prejudice and Kitties
(Skyhorse, $16.95, 195 page]]>Top Five Films To See At POW Fest - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20350-top_five_films_to_see_at_pow_fest_.html
Beat Down
A runaway teen squeezes into scintillating pink spandex as
she follows her wrestling dream. Deanne Foley’s film congenially
captures showy wrestling, pubescent awkwardness and familia]]>Beer Guide 2014: Seattle Day Sip - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21931-beer_guide_2014_seattle_day_sip_.html
Reuben’s Brews
1406 NW 53rd Ave., 206-784-2859, reubensbrews.com.
Reuben’s tasting room is an industrial block filled with
families, tours and the Ballard neighborhood’s larger social groups]]>Andina: Restaurant Guide 2014 - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23210-andina_restaurant_guide_2014_.html
1314 NW Glisan St, 228-9535,
andinarestaurant.com
[EL OFFICIO] Pearl District "Novoperuvian" mainstay Andina is eerily pristine in coordinated earth tones and overseen by]]>Drank: Little Saison (Pfriem Family Brewers) - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20432-drank_little_saison_%28pfriem_family_brewers%29_.html
Pfriem Family Brewers, which opened in Hood River last
year, has a lofty goal: capture sunlight in a bottle. Pfriem’s Little
Saison, light but not little, almost gets there. Saisons began as
t]]>Headout: Getting Juggy With It - Grab an old bottle and start blowing.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20359-headout_getting_juggy_with_it_grab_an_old_bottle_and_start_blowing.html
Orange juice cartons, cherry-cola bottles and a wine jug
litter the tables in Arlo Leach’s attic music room. He’s neither a lush
nor a hoarder: He’s a jugger.
According to Leach,
there a]]>Pure Spice: Restaurant Guide 2014 - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23277-pure_spice_restaurant_guide_2014_.html
2446 SE 87th Ave., Suite 101, 772-1808,
purespicerestaurant.com.
[PURE EXPERIENCE] This tiny Chinese eatery across from the old A-1 Bird Baths may have been forced into cha]]>St. Nicholas (Corrib Theatre) - That’s some bloody good craic.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20434-st_nicholas_%28corrib_theatre%29_thats_some_bloody_good_craic.html
Deep into Conor McPherson’s St. Nicholas,
our devilish, graying narrator is engulfed by the irresistible spell of
otherworldly figures, swept into their London mansion of dark wood
paneling an]]>Sauvage: Oenogeek Chic - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20398-sauvage_oenogeek_chic_.html
Although the bar is dubbed “savage” in French, nothing at Sauvage (537 SE Ash St., No. 102, 971-258-5829, sauvagepdx.com)
falls below perfectly refined—except maybe the taxidermied goose
imp]]>Nostrana: Restaurant Guide 2014 - http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23262-nostrana_restaurant_guide_2014_.html
1401 SE Morrison St., 234-2427,
nostrana.com
[UPPER CRUST] Got something to celebrate? Nostrana is one of Portland's favorite places to hoist a negroni ($12) to a recent p]]>Yoga Issue 2014: Ancient Practice - An oral history of yoga in Portland.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22135-yoga_issue_2014_ancient_practice_an_oral_history_of_yoga_in_portland.html
In Portland, yoga began with talks. As early as 1912,
when this was a city of 200,000 people, enlightened Portlanders gathered
in a grand old building across from today’s Paranoid Park. Clad in ]]>Quarter Stories - Turning Portland pay phones into time portals.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20573-quarter_stories_turning_portland_pay_phones_into_time_portals.html
Portlanders are slow to part with public relics. Rather
than phase out the iron hitching rings that line our curbs from the days
when people actually rode horses in Portland, the city repairs and ]]>Fire and Forget - Born on the 11th of September.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20410-fire_and_forget_born_on_the_11th_of_september.html
Fire-and-forget missiles are launched and
then left to their own devices, whizzing toward inevitable destruction.
The veteran authors of Fire and Forget: Short Stories From the Long War
(Da Capo]]>Winemakers of the Willamette Valley - More boxed than bottled.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21513-winemakers_of_the_willamette_valley_more_boxed_than_bottled.html
In conversation with Oregon oenophiles, California is a
curse word. John Vincent and Vivian Perry capitalize on this fiery state
pride with Winemakers of the Willamette Valley: Pioneering Vintners]]>Amy Stewart, The Drunken Botanist - The birds and the beers.http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-20435-amy_stewart_the_drunken_botanist_the_birds_and_the_beers.html
Amy Stewart’s The Drunken Botanist (Algonquin, 400
pages, $19.95) is a quirky exploration of the plants behind every drink
menu. Part field guide for invested gardeners or bartenders, part 1,000]]>